Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1920 — JOHNSON WINS; BRYAN LOSES [ARTICLE]

JOHNSON WINS; BRYAN LOSES

NEBRASKA SEEMS TO HAVE SNOWED UNDER THE j PEERLESS ONE. Omaha, Neb., April 20.—Forty-1 •ix precinct* out of 1849, including 20 in Douglas county (Omaha) give: Johnson, 2,087; Wood, 1,383; Pershing, 762. i Shallenbarger, Neville, McNeny, Noble and Hitchcock, candidates t for delegates at large to the San Francisco convention, are leading Stephens, Berge, Thomas and Bryan. These candidates are running in the order named, with Stephens. and Berge closely behind McNeny and Noble. The returns from Douglas county as well as the state at large were coming exceptionally slow.

Bryan -Snowed Under. Omaha, Neb., April 20.—-Returns from the first 25 precincts, 12 in Douglas county (Omaha) and 13 outside of Douglas county, of 1,849, show William J. Bryan running last among the eight candidates for delegate at large on the democratic ballot. Those returns show the four Hitchcock delegates leading with two of the Bryan delegates only 20 votes ’behind. Palmer Lead* In Georgia. .. Atlanta, Ga., April 20.—Incomplete and unofficial returns from the democratic presidential preference primary indicated tonight that Attorney General Palmer held a slight lead over Senator Hoke Smith and Thomas E. Watson, the other candidates in the three cornered race. Returns received at Palmer headquarters from 112 of the 255 counties at 9 o’clock gave Palmer 112 convention votes; Watson, 98 and Smith 70. The total number of votes in the state convention is 384. Figures compiled at Senator Smith’s headquarters gave Palmer a slight lead, but indicated that the George senator was holding a comfortable lead over Watson, former populist presidential candidate. Early reports stated that Palmer carried the leading Chatham' (Sayannah) Bibb, (Macon) and Richmond (Augusta). With nine precincts out, Watson held a lead in Atlanta and Fulton county of 209 votes over Palmer with Senator Smith third.